“Be vigilant. Pay attention to your surroundings. Don’t tie all this stuff into ‘We have this big huge incident on 96,’ because that is not the case.”

Shaw said only three of the reported 24 shooting incidents have occurred on the freeway. He said a road rage incident in Livingston County, which was reported Wednesday morning, typically would not have made media reports if the shootings were not occurring.

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“Every time that something happens on the freeway or on the corridor does not mean it’s part of (the vehicle shootings) case,” Shaw said.

“We have road rage incidents that happen during the daily commute every day.

“What’s getting out there is ‘You can’t travel 96 without getting shot at.’ That is not the case.”

The 21 other shootings occurred “on trunk lines and local streets,” according to a release from Michigan State Police.

Wixom has seen 10 incidents, eight have been reported in Ingham County, three in Livingston County, two have occurred in the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office’s jurisdiction, and one took place in Shiawassee County.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said forensic testing now appears to have tied nine of the 24 shootings together. Last week, that number was seven.

The case is “adding a workload,” Bouchard said of all departments involved in the investigation.

“A lot of folks are getting tired, but they’re very focused and they’re going at it. It’s eating up a lot of overtime, which I know is tough on budgets, but this is something that everyone is committed to do and the resources aren’t a question. We’re going to put, collectively, what we need to into this to bring it to a solution. It’s one big, united effort.”

In all, more than 100 people are assigned full-time to the investigation, Bouchard said.

Wixom Police Chief Clarence Goodlein said the shootings appear to be the work of a lone suspect, but “at this point, I don’t think we’re ruling out that it could be more than one person.”

Officials said more than 2,200 tips have come in since the shootings commenced Oct. 16, with more than half of those being passed along after the reward for information was increased to $102,000. After a lull, additional shootings were reported on Saturday, but no new cases have come in since that time.

One person has been injured as a result of the shootings. Scott Arnold, 46, was shot in the hip while driving on I-96 Saturday en route to Game 3 of the World Series at Comerica Park.

Tips can be called in to 1-800-SPEAK-UP or any police agency. Investigators believe the public will eventually lead them to the shooter.

The reward, which remains at $102,000, is offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Goodlein said any piece of information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, could be key to cracking the case.

“One piece of information or one tip maybe does not lead to a specific suspect or a specific path, but many tips combined with other information received through tips provide considerable value in moving the investigation forward,” Goodlein said.

“That’s why we have always encouraged people, regardless of what information they have ... to contact us nevertheless and give us the information, because that information, together with other bits of information which, when they’re received, may not appear to be of great value, may, in fact, be of considerable value and may lead us to the identity of the person responsible for these events.”